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slight uneven tip of deep blue, surrounding a dark disk. 

 Eeynolds Hole, a large sliowj bright rose-crimson. Also the 

 following yearly varieties: — Miss Franklin, large and showy, as 

 well as fine in quality, disk brownish, florets white, heavily edged 

 with deep pucy-crimson. Harbinger, a variety with grey eye, 

 and rosy florets, with a narrow zone of white around the ' eve. 

 Lord of the Manor, dark in the ( 



Great Western, a fine deep rose-crimson self, flushed with \ 

 and having a dark disk. 



Collections -.—from Mr. Tuhner : a collection of 80 finely 

 grown Auriculas, in full perfection of bloom, also a collection of 

 10 finely bloomed iVzaleas, for each of which a Special Cebtifi- 

 CATE was awarded. A Special Cektificate was also given to 

 Mr. Tdrneu for a collection of 6 well grown Cinerarias, 8 spotted- 

 flowered Pelargoniums, and 7 pot Roses.— From Messrs, W. 

 CtJTEusH & Son, Higbgate : a large collection of Hyacinths, still 

 in fine bloom, awarded a Special CERnFicAXE. — From Mr. 

 Young, gardener to R. BARCLAr, Esq., Highgate : a very nice 

 collection of Tulips, and a basket of fine Mushroons. 



From the garden of the Society there came a good specimen of 

 Besehorneria ynccoides, a handsome Araaryllid, with large con- 

 spicuous crimson bracts clothing its tall flower-stem. 



May 14, 1861. 



The following donations were announced : — ■ 

 Mr. J. Veitch, Jan., F.R.H.S., Chelsea— 20 sorts of Variegated 

 Begonias, 53 Gloxinias, 2 Achimenes, and 10 Pelargoniums. 

 Mr. May, Hope Nurseries, Bedale — 5 sorts of Pelargoniums, 27 



Verbenas, 4 Petunias, and 7 Phloxes. 

 Mr. R. Wrench, F.R.H.S., London Bridge— C9 sorts of flower 



Mr. Turner, F.R.H.S., Slough— 38 sorts of Pelargoniums, 50 

 Verbenas, 29 Pentstemons, and 12 Fuchsias. 



jMessrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing, Edinburgh— 36 sorts of Pent- 

 stemons, 3 Begonias, and Pelargonium Garibaldi. 



Mr. E. P. Dixon, Hull— 15 sorts of Verbenas, 12 Pelargoniums, 

 and 1 Phlox. 



Messrs. Butler & M'Culloch, Covent Garden— Seeds of 168 

 Varieties of Carnation and Picotee. 



